Apparatus for placing torpedoes on rails



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APPARATUS'FOR PLACING TORPBDOES ON RAILS.

N0.1546,O28. Patented Sept. 10, 1895.

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CHARLES XV. PEARSALL, OF UNION, AND IIIRAM B. PEABODY, OF VESTAL, NEl/V YORK.

APPARATUS FOR PLACINGTORPEDOES ON RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,028, dated September 10, 189 5. Application filed February '7, 1895- Scrial No. 537,581. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concermu bottom of said handle preferably presents a Be it known that We, CHARLES W. PEAR- flat surface at a right angle with the slit and SALL, ng atUnion, and HIRAM B. PEA- spring plates, and to this surface is secured a BODY, residing at Vestal, county of Broome, cushion of rubber or, other suitable composi- State of New York, citizens of the United tion on each side of the slit B for the pur- States, have invented certain new and useful pose of preventing a premature explosion of Improvements in Apparatus for Placing Torthe torpedo when being placed upon the rail. pedoes on Rails; and we do declare the follow- Now it will be readily apparent that when ing to be a full, clear, and exact description the torpedo is placed between the spring [0 of the invention, such as will enable others plates (3 O, in such a manner that the flange 6o skilled in the art to which it appertains to of the torpedo engages with the recesses D D make and use the same, reference being had of the spring-plates, it will remain in such to the accompanying drawings, and to the position until released. When desired to letters of reference marked thereon, which place the torpedo upon the rail,the apparatus 15 f r a a -t f thi cificatio is held over the rail in such manner that the Our invention relates to improvements in spring-plate will, when forced upon the rail, an apparatus for placing torpedoes on rails, spring outwardly. This spring movement is and has for its object the production of a obtained by the curvature of the spring-plate more efficient and easily-operated device. hereinbefore alluded to; and the slit, to wh ch 20 To this end the main and primary object we have called attention, also aids in obtalnof the present invention is to improve upon ing this spring, which serves to release the the construction of apparatus for placing tortorpedo when the curved end of spring-plates pedoes on rails. ,are brought in contact with the rail. The

With these and other objects in view which torpedo is held in position upon the rail by 2 5 will readily appear as the nature of the inmeans of the spring thereon, as is in common vention becomes better understood, the same use. consists in the novel construction, combina By the use of this device it is possible to tion, and arrangement of parts hereinafter place torpedoes upon the rail from the rear of more fully described,illustrated, and claimed. a train while in motion. Ne are aware of 30 Figure 1 is aperspective View of our device the fact that there are other devices for ac- So with torpedo in position. Fig. 2 is a plan complishing the above result. Hence we view of one of the springs C. Fig. 3 is a side make no broad claim to these features; but view of one of the springs C. Fig. 4 is a bot What we claim as new, and desire to secure tom View of the device with torpedo in posiby Letters Patent, is-

' 5 tion. Fig. 5 shows the application of our de- 1. The combination of the handle, provided vice to the rail. with a longitudinal slit and spring-plates hav- Referring to the accompanying drawings, inga recess therein,substantially as illustrat- A represents the handle, made preferably of ed and described. wood, the lower portion of which has a lon- 2. The combination of a handle provided 40 gitudinal slit B cut entirely through it for with a longitudinal slit and spring-plates, the purpose of obtaining a spring, the purand cushion substantially as illustrated and pose of which will be hereinafter more pardescribed. ticularly stated. On each side and parallel In testimony whereof we aflix our signawith the said slit are secured to said handle tures in presence of two witnesses.

5 the fiat spring-plates O 0, extending below J l the torpedo. These spring-plates are each provided with a recess D D for the reception T of the torpedo, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Witnesses:

From said recess the spring-plate is curved HARRY D. REYNOLDS,

5o outwardly, as shown in the drawings. The MARY T. LOUGHLIN. 

